Field Paleontologist Mike and Roberta Straka will take your audience on an amazing journey back in time.
Combining fossils they have discovered, along with music, puppets, show & tell and a touch of magic, this couple will make dinosaurs come to life. Mike and Roberta will feature Mr. Nixon, a Triceratops skull they discovered in 1996.
In addition, an Albertosaurus skull will highlight the features of a meat eating dinosaur.
Finally, the audience will cheer for their favorite team in the, All American Dinosaur Game Show.

Get Ready – we’re going to construct and build a real dinosaur dig!
Field Paleontologists Mike and Roberta Straka will construct a dinosaur dig site right in your library. Imagine the excitement as your summer reading patrons get a chance to dig for REAL dinosaur bones. Next, we will identify the bones and finally, they will place the fossils on a Triceratops cut out. They will actually build a Triceratops with the bones that they discover.
It’s been over 10 ten years since we offered this hands-on presentation.
In addition, before each dig, Mike will present a 30-minute interactive fossil talk to get our Jr. Paleontologists ready to go on their dig. During the talk, Mike will cover how and where we find fossils. He will show some of our amazing discoveries from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of the ice age.
As a special bonus, after the dig each patron can spend time looking at our expanded fossil museum. Rare and unusual fossils that we have discovered will be on display.
Fossils will come to life in this fun-filled adventure.

This program will highlight the Ice Age and explore the life of cavemen and the unusual animals that inhabited the planet. We will touch on how cultures began and what shaped them. We will feature a museum casting of a 60,000 year old Neanderthal man, nicknamed Moshe. In addition, your patrons will see actual fossils and early tools of humans. Finally, we'll host an interactive game show- "Are You Smarter Than A Caveman?"

Field Paleontologist Mike and Roberta will explore the world of inventions and the heroes that invented/ discovered them.
Your patrons will be introduced to Archimedes and find out why things float. We’ll do an experiment and see if rocks float.
Who invented balloons?
We’ll bring along a skull of a real Triceratops and discuss how the first Triceratops was discovered in 1887.
In addition, we will cover the origins of playing cards, the toothbrush, x rays and a host of fascinating discoveries. With each super hero, inventor, we will do an experiment to demonstrate the invention or discovery.
In addition, we’ll host the “What’s That Invention Game Show”, lots of audience participation and a touch of magic.

$201- $350

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